ABB Technology Ventures (ATV) is the venture capital unit of ABB. ATV scouts the globe for breakthrough industrial technology partners aligned with ABB’s goal to write the future of industrial digitalization and has invested nearly $200 million into startups spanning robotics, industrial IoT, AI/ML and next generation energy. Are you ready to move faster?

Tasks

Help create an investment portfolio which yields both financial and strategic return for ABB in the medium and long investment horizon.

Interfacing with BU heads for technology interests in order to create, maintain, and constantly fine tune a relevant investment thesis to achieve the desired portfolio with superior financial return

Originate, evaluate and execute investments in early stage companies within the investment thesis.

Conduct detailed due diligence, investment analyses, and business sponsorship for select deals.

Oversee legal documentation and final closing of various rounds of financings

Serve on portfolio company boards, advise them on business development with ABB, as well as general growth strategy for the industrial and energy sectors.

Plan exit strategy for portfolio companies

Work hand in hand with businesses to fine-tune ATV investment thesis, while guiding business technology roadmap. This is a mutually beneficial and synergistic process by combining internal know how and external intelligence.

Educate businesses on emerging technologies from portfolio, and champion business support for collaboration with startup.

Serve on boards of public as well as private portfolio companies with leading investors, influential technologists and senior corporate executives.

Continuously balance and negotiate with other co-investors, common shareholders, and management team in order to protect ABB’s strategic and ATV’s financial interests

Actively participate as speakers in marquee conferences and other forums in order to elevate ABB profile in technology leadership and value add investor.

Work closely with CRC experts and BU and Division Managers (both R&D and product managers) on potential and current investments.

Cultivate internal network of both technical experts, and business leaders who can advocate for new technologies

Be proactive technology scout and innovation evangelist for ABB

Periodically push new technologies to BU, at the same time introduce BU interests to portfolio for future development.

Collaborate with CRC and help them formulate R&D roadmap based on start-up trends

Work closely with Head of Ventures to create a self-sustaining, global investment entity to help ABB accelerate its innovation activities and identify technologies and markets of strategic relevance

Work in a small, fast-paced investment and advisory team to identify and accelerate external opportunities through minority equity capital investments and the additional application of R&D competency, ABB brand, global channel access and other venture resources

Work alongside the Managing Director(s) to set investment goals/ theses, originate/evaluate/execute/manage/successfully exit equity investments in emerging companies and to deliver both financial and strategic upside to ABB